From: Aleksei Guzev <aleksei.guzev@...>
Date: 2001-10-04T12:30:54+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:22052] Re: Let's work on Windows support

# Problem is not compilation but runtime compatibility, you 
# need to be able to use an extension without having to 
# recompile it.

There should be no problem with DLL compatibility. While people are
using those MingW, cygwin etc they build their problems.
Regard Windows as a huge expensive library set like Tk or FOX. Thus why
should one use a library between Ruby code and another library?
Moreover, I like Ruby because of its ability to include foreign things
organically. I.e. Python modules, or Windows API. That's why I offered
to take a look at my W2K library which demostrates theese features.
Microsoft pays much attention to compatibility issues. My Windows 3.1
applications work fine on Windows XP (with "skins"). The only
non-conflict way is to use Windows directly.

They say, Windows API is not good, Windows application's code is huge...
But I say it was object-oriented at its foundation and it is
object-oriented for now. We should use it right.
http://disainis.utnet.ru/w2k/w2k.html  (some days ago a CPU had melted
itself. That was why people could not reach the files. I replaces the
processor).